{"id":185145,"date":"2025-10-08T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=185145"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:24:58","slug":"rajnaths-ai-war-rhetoric-betrays-indias-obsession-with-militarisation-over-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/10\/08\/rajnaths-ai-war-rhetoric-betrays-indias-obsession-with-militarisation-over-peace.html","title":{"rendered":"Rajnath\u2019s AI war rhetoric betrays India\u2019s obsession with militarisation over peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-185153\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/1-4-390x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/1-4-390x218.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/1-4.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh\u2019s latest remarks glorifying artificial intelligence and algorithm-based warfare have sparked concern among peace advocates who say New Delhi\u2019s growing fixation with military technology reflects a dangerous drift toward perpetual conflict, not stability.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at the \u2018Raksha Navachar Samvaad\u2019 in New Delhi, Singh declared that the wars of tomorrow will be fought with algorithms, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, citing \u201cOperation Sindoor\u201d as an example of the future battlefield. He said India\u2019s defence innovators must \u201cthink beyond existing solutions\u201d and lead the world in setting new technological standards for warfare.<\/p>\n<p>Observers note that his emphasis on AI-driven, autonomous, and directed-energy weapons signals a policy of escalation, not deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>Singh\u2019s call for India\u2019s first \u201cdefence unicorn\u201d \u2014 a billion-dollar startup in the weapons sector \u2014 further underlines New Delhi\u2019s commercialisation of conflict, turning warfare into a profit-driven industry.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts believe such rhetoric is meant to fuel nationalist fervour and justify India\u2019s spiraling defence budget under the pretext of \u201cself-reliance,\u201d while ignoring pressing domestic needs and regional peace initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when South Asia faces fragile peace dynamics, particularly along the Pakistan and China borders, Rajnath\u2019s statements mirror India\u2019s increasing war-mongering posture. His remarks come just days after the Indian Army\u2019s top brass met in New Delhi to review \u201cOperation Sindoor\u201d and other aggressive military strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that by romanticising algorithmic warfare, India risks undermining regional stability and normalising militarisation as a national aspiration \u2014 a path that could drag South Asia deeper into an AI-fueled arms race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh\u2019s latest remarks glorifying artificial intelligence and algorithm-based warfare have sparked concern among peace advocates who say New Delhi\u2019s growing fixation with military technology reflects a dangerous drift toward perpetual conflict, not stability. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at the \u2018Raksha Navachar Samvaad\u2019 in New Delhi, Singh declared &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-185145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/1-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185154,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185145\/revisions\/185154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}